Farm-gate



J. S. PADON; farm-Gate No; 223,944. Patented l a'n. 27,-i8s0.

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1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. PADON, OF LEBANON, ILLINOIS.

FARM- GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,944, dated January 27, 1880. Application filed September 20, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, JOHN S. PADON, of Lebanon, in the county of St. ,Ulair and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Farm-Gates and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference iharked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a side elevation of my gate, partly in section. Fig. 2 is an end view, and Fig. 3 is a detail view.

My invention relates to a gate for farm purposesand the like; and the novelty consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, and

pointed out specifically in the claim.

In carrying out myinvention I employ proper revolving guides, which are journaled in the base or posts and support the gate. The gate operates between posts, which serve as guides to prevent deviation from a direct plane motion. An upper roll serves to assist in preventing friction and in stead yin g the motion of the gate. The upper rail of the gate has an under friction-surface or cog-ba-r, and engages with a proper wheel operated by cranks upon either side of the fence. These cranksare loosely conneeted to the shaft of the operating-wheel, as

shown. The cranksare journaled in posts or other supports upon each side of the fence, so that the gate may be moved identically from either side. A pivoted arm upon the upper rail of the gate connects with a trigger rigid with the gate-latch, and a lug upon the rail prevents said arm from moving forward beyond a certain limit. Studs or pins rigid upon the operatingwheel serve, when the wheel is revolved in one direction, to close the gate and lock the latch, and in the opposite direction to unlock the latch. A spring against the trigger serves to hold the latch in locked position with a con- J ournaled in the base-plate or in the guide.

posts A are friction guide-rollers C, and a similar guide-roll, O, engages the upper rail of the gate B. This upper rail, D, of the gate B has its under surface provided with a friction-surface or rack-bar, B, which operates in connec tion with a Wheel, E, having a periphery to correspond with the surface B. Arms 6 upon the wheel E operate upon a pivoted arm, F, upon the rail D, to operate a trigger, G,through a connection, g, as shown. The trigger is rigid with the latch H, and a spring, I, serves to hold the latch in a locked or depressed condition with a constant force.

The shaft of the wheel E is loosely connected with crank-shafts J, journaled in posts K upon either side of the fence, as shown.

The operation of my invention is obvious.

\Vhat I claim is In a sliding or rolling gate, the combination of the rail D, secured to the gate B, the wheel E, mounted upon a shaft and provided with arms 0, and the pivoted arm F, connected by a wire,g, to the upper end of the trigger G, connected to the latch H, the whole being operated by the crank-rods J, as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN S. PADON. 

